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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Mexican archaeologists find complex panel of 1,000 year-old petroglyphs in Nayarit


TEPIC, NAYARIT.- Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH-Conaculta) recently found a complex panel of petroglyphs that must have been carved between 850 and 1350 AD (some of which are over 1,000 years old), in a site called “Cantil de las animas” [Soul Ledge] near the town of Jesus Maria Cortes in Tepic, Nayarit.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Ancient petroglyphs found in Mexico


By Indo Asian News Service | IANS
Mexico City, Jan 23 (IANS/EFE) Mexican archaeologists have discovered in the western state of Nayarit a series of petroglyphs estimated to have been carved between 850 and 1350 A.D., the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said.